By this point of the membership campaign, I think everyone could use a stiff drink. Why not enjoy it in style?

For your contribution of $35, WWFM The Classical Network is now offering these snazzy wine vests, designed and created by Professor Barbara Behrens of Mercer County Community College (home base to The Classical Network). Behrens is a longtime supporter of the station.

Bump up your contribution to $100, and in addition we’ll toss in our in-house produced CD of a recreation of a 1930s-style radio broadcast from the Strings Music Festival of Steamboat Springs, CO. World-class musicians, drawn from the some of the country’s great orchestras (including those of Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Atlanta), perform music by George Gershwin (“Rhapsody in Blue”), Jerome Kern, Vernon Duke, and more. Sportscaster Verne Lundquist serves as master of ceremonies. The program is introduced by the speaking voice of Gershwin himself.

The bottle vests will be offered starting at 3 p.m. Join Michael Kownacky and me for Happy Hour at 4, when we’ll be serving up platters of musical aperitifs to help enhance the mood, including David Shire’s “Sonata for Cocktail Piano.”

Then stick around for a special membership edition of “Music from Marlboro” at 6, including chamber music performances by Jonathan Biss, Lara St. John, Yo-Yo Ma, Mitsuko Uchida, and others, from the legendary Marlboro Music Festival.

It’s all made possible through the contributions of our listener-members. If you haven’t joined us yet, the party’s underway. Donate now by calling 1-888-232-1212 or online at wwfm.org. Thank you for supporting WWFM – The Classical Network.